GRE Word List
PHOENIX
a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| encipher | to convert (a message) into cipher |
| polarize | to cause to vibrate in a definite pattern |
| intangible | not tangible : impalpable |
| detached | standing by itself : separate |
| delusion | something that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated |
| appreciate | to grasp the nature, worth, quality, or significance of |
| sedentary | not migratory : settled |
| momentous | having great or lasting importance : consequential |
| regal | of, relating to, or suitable for a king |
| discompose | to destroy the composure of |